Recent news on Ortho Evra

Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch, Ohio's Caps On Pain and Suffering  -  May 21, 2007
InjuryBoard.com,By James Sabatini. A woman who says she suffered life-threatening blood clots from a birth control medication wants the Ohio Supreme Court to declare the

Ortho Evra - Strokes and blood clots or DVT  -  May 17, 2007
InjuryBoard.com,Have you suffered a stroke, a heart attack or experienced blot clots after wearing the Ortho Evra patch for birth control? If so, you may have a claim that

WELL, WELL, WELL  -  May 23, 2007
VUE Weekly,A newer hormone-based option being attractively marketed right now, the Ortho Evra patch, has been described by Time Magazine as the perfect birth control

New Concerns Raised Over Ortho Evra  -  May 15, 2007
WVLT,So, with the Ortho Evra patch, at the end of the month, you end up getting more estrogen in your body than a pack of birth control pills."

Ortho Evra Patch At Center Of Ohio Supreme Court Hearing  -  May 2, 2007
Lawyers and Settlements,Columbus, Ohio: The Supreme Court of Ohio heard a case involving Ortho Evra birth control patches, but a much larger issue is at stake.

Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch Information  -  Apr 26, 2007
InjuryBoard.com,Ortho Evra is the first transdermal (skin) patch approved for birth control. The weekly prescription patch releases norelgestromin (a progestin hormone),

Ohio Supreme Court To Hear Case Challenging Constitutionality Of ...  -  May 4, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Melisa Arbino, a 26-year-old woman from Cincinnati, began using Ortho Evra in 2005 shortly after giving birth to a son and subsequently was hospitalized for

Lawsuit challenges Ohio law  -  May 3, 2007
Cincinnati Enquirer,Arbino's doctor gave her samples of Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra, a prescription patch applied three times monthly, because she didn't want to get

Ohio high court hears challenge to injury award caps  -  May 2, 2007
Toledo Blade,Ortho Evra remains on the market, but its label warns that it could lead to serious side-effects. "You can't put a limit on somebody's life," said Miss

Court to rule on pain and suffering caps  -  May 1, 2007
Cincinnati Post,The court on Tuesday planned to hear arguments in the lawsuit filed by Arbino, a Cincinnati property manager, over the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch.

Woman Challenges Cap On Pain, Suffering  -  Apr 30, 2007
WLWT,Drug maker Johnson and Johnson, which produced the Ortho Evra birth control patch, said the limits are needed to curb skyrocketing and arbitrary jury awards

UPDATE: Data Show Low Incidence Of Breakthrough Bleeding With ...  -  May 9, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...with products such as ORTHO EVRA(R) (norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol transdermal system), ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN(R) LO (norgestimate/ethinyl estradiol),

Another region affects only workers must depression.  -  May 13, 2007
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UI's McKinley patients to pay fee for prescriptions  -  May 4, 2007
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette,Some other contraceptives, such as Ortho Novum and Yasmin as well as Ortho Evra, the birth control patch, will be available at cost, from $22 to $50 per

Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of pain-and-suffering caps  -  Apr 30, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal,The court on Tuesday planned to hear arguments in the lawsuit filed by Melisa Arbino of Cincinnati over the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch,

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Prescription prices vary, mostly high  -  May 11, 2007
WALB-TV,There's the Ortho Evra Patch, for instance. At CVS, you can buy it for $56.99. You'll pay the same at Walgreens, but if you chose to buy the patch at K-Mart

Ohio Court Hears Arguments on Caps  -  May 1, 2007
Forbes,At issue is a lawsuit filed by Melisa Arbino, a Cincinnati property manager, over the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch. Arbino contends the product caused her

Attorneys argue unsigned damage-limit bill is still official  -  May 2, 2007
Cleveland Plain Dealer,...she developed blood clots and other life-threatening medical problems after using the company's birth control product, the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch.

Attorney General Has Duty to State  -  May 1, 2007
Wheeling News Register,Melisa Arbino, of Cincinnati, filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch, contending that the patch caused her permanent

Pair of Ohio tort reform hearings tomorrow  -  Apr 30, 2007
Legal News Line,Arbino, of Cincinnati, alleges in her complaint that her use of the birth control patch Ortho Evra caused four blood clots by the time she was 24.

Parker Waichman Alonso Mark LLP Retained by Hundreds to ...  -  Apr 30, 2007
Primenewswire (press release),The firm is currently representing individuals injured by Guidant and Medtronic Defibrillators, Drug Coated Coronary Stents, Ortho Evra, Ketek,

Birth Control Patch Side Effects Lawsuit Filed by Hissey Kientz, LLP  -  Apr 25, 2007
PR Web (press release),Hissey Kientz, LLP has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a 30-year-old woman who suffered a blood clot in her leg after using the Ortho Evra birth control patch.

J&J Concealed Dangers of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch  -  Apr 16, 2007
Lawyers and Settlements,Washington, DC: Tens of millions of prescriptions have been written for Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Evra birth control patch since it arrived on the market in

Law Offices of John David Hart: New Ortho Evra Warnings Long ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),Mr. Hart represents a group of women who have suffered serious health problems as a result of their use of Ortho Evra. One of Mr. Hart's clients developed

Ohio: Ortho Evra Victim Seeks Higher Damages...  -  Apr 9, 2007
ProLife BlogsAn Ohio woman who is seeking damages related to Ortho Evra, is asking the state Supreme Court to give an advisory ruling on the constitutionality of Ohio

Ortho Evra birth control patch - Johnson and Johnson tries to ...  -  Apr 9, 2007
ProLife Blogs...a negative light on "the patch", Johnson and Johnson bought all of the negative sounding Ortho Evra domain names - or at least they thought they did.

Results of Two Epidemiological Studies Provide Important New ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),The objective of this study was to evaluate the combined risk of heart attack and stroke in users of ORTHO EVRA(R) compared with users of a

J&J Takes Preventive Online Measures To Preempt Birth Control Backlash  -  Apr 5, 2007
Mediapost.com,TRYING TO STAVE OFF ADDITIONAL damage, Johnson & Johnson is looking to preempt negative online attention for its birth control patch, Ortho Evra,

J&J Buys Negative Domain Names on Birth-Control Patch (Update1)  -  Apr 2, 2007
BloombergApril 2 (Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson bought dozens of disparaging Internet domain names about its Ortho Evra birth- control patch, a product linked to

J&J Buys Domains to Prevent Use in Birth-Control Patch Conflict  -  Apr 6, 2007
Marketing Vox NewsJohnson & Johnson has sought to pre-empt negative online attention for its birth control patch, Ortho Evra, by registering negative domain names,

ISU will no longer carry some contraceptives  -  Apr 3, 2007
Indiana Statesman,The Health Center will also no longer be handling the NuvaRing or Ortho Evra Patch. Drake said the Health Center was purchasing the patch for $15.95,

J&J conceives plan to master domain names  -  Apr 3, 2007
Newark Star Ledger,OrthoEvraKills.com, patchdangers.com and deadlypatch.net, which doesn't seem to represent a direct path to marketing its Ortho Evra birth-control patch.

Report Shows Popular Birth Control Pill, ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN(R) LO ...  -  Apr 12, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...is committed to meeting the needs of providers and patients with products such as ORTHO EVRA(R) (norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol transdermal system),

April 2007 Big Pharma Litigation Update - Drugs Part I  -  Apr 5, 2007
Lawyers and Settlements,A large number of lawsuits have also been filed against Merck, over the osteoporosis drug Fosamax, and against Johnson and Johnson, over the Ortho-Evra

Rising cost of birth control for students  -  Mar 29, 2007
Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition,The company manufactures a great deal of birth control, including Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo and Ortho Micronor tablets, as well as the Ortho Evra patch.

Open Door offers options for cheaper birth control  -  Apr 7, 2007
Muncie Star Press,Other birth control options offered at Open Door include an assortment of pills, the Ortho Evra patch, the Depro Provera shot and condoms.

Another Successful Levin Papantonio and Mass Torts Made Perfect ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Accutane, Fosamax, Ketek, Ortho Evra, ReNu with MoistureLoc, Trasylol and Vioxx and Tobacco litigation are among a few of the cases the Levin Papantonio law

Contraceptive Costs Climb  -  Apr 4, 2007
UConn Daily Campus (subscription),The Ortho Evra patch will go up to $45 in the fall, and the Depro Provera shot will remain the same price. "A lot of the discounted [birth control] we get

Blood clots that kill  -  Apr 17, 2007
Dailyrecord.com,In September the Food and Drug Administration updated the label on the Ortho Evra birth-control patch to reflect the results of a study that found women

the pill price skyrockets  -  Apr 12, 2007
Northern Star Online,However, newer birth control methods, such as the Nuva Ring or the Ortho Evra patch, do not have generic counterparts. "We've gone from what was $11 a month

Pair of Ohio tort reform cases set for argument on same day  -  Apr 9, 2007
Legal News Line,Arbino, of Cincinnati, alleges in her complaint that her use of the birth control patch Ortho Evra caused four blood clots by the time she was 24.

After Medicaid changes, birth control prices increase  -  Apr 1, 2007
Independent Florida Alligator,While the prices for the Ortho Evra patch or the Depo-Provera shot stayed the same, some of the generic pills, which formerly cost $15 per month,

Attorney Shawn Khorrami Releases Commentary in Response to ...  -  Mar 28, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Khorrami carries one of the largest pharmaceutical case loads in the country, including cases against the makers of Vioxx and Fosamax (Merck), Ortho Evra

Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch  -  Mar 25, 2007
24-7PressRelease.com (press release).../24-7PressRelease/ - March 25, 2007 - On first inspection the Ortho Evra birth control patch sounds like the ultimate answer in birth control, avoiding the

Ortho Evra Patch Caused Daughter’s Death  -  Mar 22, 2007
Lawyers and Settlements,Seattle, WA: "My daughter took the Ortho Evra patch in 2004," says April. "She started to have chest pains but her doctor thought it was just an infection.

Ortho Evra Patch: Lucky to be Alive  -  Mar 15, 2007
Lawyers and Settlements,Rotterdam, NY: "It amazes me that Ortho-McNeil, makers of the Ortho Evra birth control patch, are still putting this product on the market," says Linda Hall

Ortho Evra Patch: Too Much Estrogen  -  Mar 8, 2007
Lawyers and Settlements,Washington, DC: Most women take the Ortho Evra Patch because it is more convenient than the birth control pill - they don't have to remember to take it

Study: Contraceptive Patch Increases Risk of Blood Clots  -  Feb 26, 2007
Newsinferno.com,According to a study published this month in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, women who use contraceptive patches, such as Ortho Evra, may be more than

Study finds birth-control patch may increase blood-clot risk  -  Feb 26, 2007
Consumer ReportsA study that first prompted the Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning to users of the Ortho Evra patch last year has shown that the contraceptive

Happy Birthday No Room for Contraception!!!! The Year in Review Part 1  -  Feb 27, 2007
ProLife BlogsOrtho Evra Birth Control Patch: 1000 Claimants and Counting According to Johnson & Johnson's third quarter SEC filing for 2006 , there are over "1000

More expensive birth control spurs frustration  -  Mar 18, 2007
Penn State Digital Collegian,Several medications, including Ortho Tri-Cylcen Lo, NuvaRing, Desogen and Ortho Evra, have increased to more than $50 per package from less than $20.

New cervical cancer vaccine should not be mandatory for teens  -  Feb 27, 2007
Penn State Digital Collegian,Although the FDA approved the Ortho Evra birth control patch in 2001, stating that it was as safe as oral contraceptives, the patch was later found to cause

Levin, Papantonio and Mass Torts Made Perfect, Inc. Announce ...  -  Mar 13, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Accutane, Fosamax, Ketek, Ortho Evra, ReNu with MoistureLoc, Trasylol and Vioxx and Tobacco litigation are among a few of the cases the Levin Papantonio law

A Patch Could Offer New Hope For Menopausal Women  -  Feb 25, 2007
CBS 4,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch -- Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Nielsen: National Cable Ad Spending Rises 1.8%  -  Mar 19, 2007
Broadcast Newsroom,Johnson & Johnson cut back overall spending on a number of brands, including Ortho Evra and Ditropan. Spending for the 10 largest categories reached $45

Manhattan Research Reveals Top Consumer-Ranked Pharmaceutical ...  -  Mar 6, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Levaquin, Levitra, Lexapro, Lipitor, Lunesta, Nasacort, Nasonex, Neulasta, Neurontin, Nexium, Norvasc, NuvaRing, Ortho Evra, Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo, Paxil,

French study gives hope to menopausal women  -  Feb 26, 2007
San Jose Mercury News,...than pills when used for birth control. The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch -- Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra.

Study: Hormone Patch Safer Than Pill  -  Feb 25, 2007
Forbes,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch - Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Study: Hormone Patch Safer Than Pill  -  Feb 25, 2007
FOX NewsThe FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch _ Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Study: Hormone patch safer than pill  -  Feb 25, 2007
Houston Chronicle,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch — Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Hormone patch beats pill  -  Feb 26, 2007
Beloit Daily News,...than pills when used for birth control. The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch - Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra.

Study: Hormone Patch Safer Than Pill  -  Feb 26, 2007
Today's THV,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Menopause research: Pills can be a problem  -  Feb 26, 2007
Worcester Telegram,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch — Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical’s Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Study: Hormone patch safer than pill  -  Feb 25, 2007
Hinesberg Journal,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch — Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical‘s Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Study: Hormone Patch Safer Than Pill  -  Feb 25, 2007
KSTP.com,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch _ Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical’s Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Study: Hormone Patch Safer Than Pill  -  Feb 25, 2007
phillyBurbs.com,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch , Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Study: Hormone patch safer than pill  -  Feb 25, 2007
Denver Post,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch—Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors about

A Patch Could Offer New Hope For Menopausal Women  -  25 Feb 2007
CBS 4,The FDA recently required new warnings on one such contraceptive patch -- Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical's Ortho Evra. Also, women should tell their doctors

Parker Waichman Alonso Mark LLP Believes New Study Confirms Ortho ...  -  Feb 23, 2007
WebWire (press release),Parker Waichman Alonso Mark LLP currently represents hundreds of clients who were injured while using the Ortho Evra birth control patch.

Lawsuit Filed Against Johnson & Johnson in Los Angeles Over Ortho ...  -  Feb 15, 2007
Emediawire (press release),The Ortho Evra Patch became commercially available in 2002 and has been prescribed to more than 4 million women. According to the complaint,

LawyersandSettlements.com: Case Against Ortho Evra Patch Gaining ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Thanks to Whistleblower, More Users of the Ortho Evra Patch Will Become Aware of Its Risks NEW YORK, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued

LawyersandSettlements.com: Case Against Ortho Evra Patch Gaining ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),When he voiced serious health concerns over the dangerously high levels of estrogen in the Ortho Evra patch, Lippman was fired for "inappropriate action."

Contraceptive Patch More Likely Than Pill to Cause Venous ...  -  Feb 20, 2007
Medscape (subscription)The study involved 49048 women who used the norelgestromin/ethinyl estradiol patch (Ortho Evra) and 202344 who used norgestimate-containing oral

Exclusive: Women Claim Birth Control Patchs' Risks Undisclosed  -  Feb 9, 2007
TheDenverChannel.com,All six said they never were informed about the greater risks associated with taking the Ortho Evra birth control patch. "I just remember thinking that I

TAKING CONTROL  -  Feb 3, 2007
Bakersfield Californian (subscription),Ortho Evra releases progestin and estrogen into the bloodstream, is worn for a week at a time and is 98-99 percent effective, the FDA says.

Lawsuit: patch may kill  -  Feb 9, 2007
San Jose Business Journal,A personal injury lawsuit has been filed in Santa Clara County Court against a Mountain View company and others involved in developing the Ortho Evra patch,

Contraceptive patch may raise blood clot risk  -  Feb 19, 2007
Scientific AmericanThe investigators' study, reported in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, involved 49000 women using the Ortho Evra patch and 202000 who used oral

Seasonale Oral Contraceptive  -  Feb 7, 2007
Free press releases (press release),Ortho Evra, the patch, is a self-adhesive patch for the skin worn on the upper body, lower abdomen or even the butt. In theory, women experience freedom

New Disease Treatments Emerge as Leaders in the Transdermal Drug ...  -  Feb 2, 2007
Business Wire India (press release),With patent expiration of Duragesic and recent trouble with Ortho Evra, the CNS market is expected to sustain growth of the total transdermal segment until

Cops: Trunk-baby's mom  -  Feb 16, 2007
Philadelphia Daily News,Temple University Hospital spokeswoman Vivica Aycox said Temple doctors stopped dispensing Ortho-Evra, one of the most common birth-control patches,

Johnson & Johnson Exec Claims He Was Fired for Raising Safety Concerns  -  Dec 20, 2006
New York Law Journal,This September, the Food and Drug Administration required J&J to add a warning to the Ortho Evra package insert stating the risk of dangerous blood clots in

Hormone therapy can increase blood-clot risk  -  Dec 26, 2006
Jackson Clarion Ledger,The Ortho Evra birth control patch now comes with a warning that it releases more estrogen into the bloodstream than typical birth control pills.

Parker & Waichman, LLP Announces New Partners and Name Change for Firm  -  Jan 11, 2007
PR Leap (press release),He has recently been named Co-Chair of the Plaintiff’s Science Committee in the Ortho Evra Products Liability Litigation (MDL 1742) and Co-Chair of the AAJ

Agile Therapeutics Expands Senior Management Team  -  Jan 10, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...at Johnson & Johnson, where he played a pivotal role in the development of Ortho Evra, the first and only contraceptive patch on the market today.

Getting health-care field wired  -  Jan 9, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,Seventy-eight of Baron's patients were taking Ortho-Evra, a contraceptive patch, when new dangers were announced by the Food and Drug Administration,

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